PELENDRITOU Karolina

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	100m Breaststroke - SB12	2008	Beijing, CHN	1:17.58
1	100m Breaststroke - SB13	2004	Athens, GRE	1:17.32
2	100m Breaststroke - SB12	2012	London, GBR	1:16.38
3	Women's 200m Individual Medley SM12	2008	Beijing, CHN	2:35.30
4	100m Breaststroke - SB13	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:17.22
5	50m Freestyle - S12	2008	Beijing, CHN	28.72
8	50m Freestyle - S13	2004	Athens, GRE	30.29
8	100m Freestyle - S13	2004	Athens, GRE	1:07.00
DSQ	100m Backstroke - S13	2004	Athens, GRE	DSQ
World Championships
1	100m Breaststroke - SB12	2017	Mexico City, MEX	1:18.01
1	100m Breaststroke - SB13	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:17.99
1	100m Breaststroke - SB12	2013	Montreal, QC, CAN	1:16.10
1	100m Breaststroke - SB12	2010	Eindhoven, NED	1:18.36
2	100m Breaststroke - SB13	2002	Mar del Plata, ARG	1:20.31
4	50m Freestyle - S12	2006	Durban, RSA	29.87
4	100m Backstroke - S12	2006	Durban, RSA	1:20.32
4	Women's 200m Individual Medley SM12	2006	Durban, RSA	2:41.01
5	50m Freestyle - S13	2002	Mar del Plata, ARG	30.57
7	100m Breaststroke - SB12	2019	London, GBR	1:19.15
DSQ	100m Breaststroke - SB12	2006	Durban, RSA	DSQ
DSQ	200m Individual Medley - SM13	2002	Mar del Plata, ARG	DSQ
Commonwealth Games
9	Women's 50m Multi Disability Freestyle	2006	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	30.54
DNS	Women's 100m Multi Disability Freestyle	2006	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	DNS
European Championships
2	100m Breaststroke - SB12	2020	Funchal, POR	1:18.36
2	100m Breaststroke - SB12	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:16.98
5	50m Freestyle - S12	2018	Dublin, IRL	29.51

Princess of the Pool (parikiaki.com, 25 Aug 2013)

Listening to music, fashion, cooking. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2019)

Athlete

Journalism, Media Studies

Husband Dimitris Chatzigeorgiou

English, Greek

Her husband Dimitris Chatzigeorgiou has worked as a presenter on the ERT television channel in Greece. (fthis.gr, 21 Sep 2018)

2002 for Cyprus, in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Athlete, 12 Jul 2015)

In February 2016 she was hospitalised due to the effects of bronchitis, pneumonia and a respiratory virus. (Facebook profile, 14 Sep 2016)

She underwent a series of operations following the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. (incyprus.philenews.com, 30 Apr 2014)

She began swimming at age eight in Limassol, Cyprus. (Athlete, 12 Jul 2015)

She enjoyed a number of sports when she was younger, and always watched the Olympic Games. She got involved in swimming following advice from a doctor in London, England. "I told my parents that when we got back to Cyprus, I wanted to start swimming." (goal.philenews.com, 17 Jun 2019; contra.gr, 05 Jun 2019; Athlete, 12 Jul 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (goal.philenews.com, 17 Jun 2019)

Winning a gold medal in the SB13 100m breaststroke at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens and a silver in the SB12 100m breaststroke at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2019; gettyimages.ie, 08 Sep 2012)

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, US pole vaulter Sandi Morris, Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2019)

Her husband Dimitris Chatzigeorgiou. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2019)

"Perfect conditions never exist anywhere. You have to show up and be ready to do your best." (contra.gr, 05 Jun 2019)

She was flag bearer for Cyprus at the opening ceremonies of the Paralympic Games in 2012 and 2016, as well as the 2016 European Championships in Funchal, Portugal. (myinfo.rio2016.com, 06 Sep 2016; paralympic.org, 26 Apr 2016, 29 Aug 2012)

She was joint winner of the Outstanding Female Elite Para Athlete award at the 2007 Commonwealth Sports Awards. (sgcs.org.uk, 14 Oct 2009)

In 2005 the Cyprus government created a postage stamp in her honour. (NOC, 01 Sep 2012)